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1995–96 National Division 1

Sports season

Sports season

FieldValue
name1995–96 National Division 1
countriesEngland
championsBath (6th title)
runnersupLeicester
matches90
date9 September 1995 – 5 May 1995
prevseason1994–95
nextseason1996–97
websitewww.premiershiprugby.com

The 1995–96 National Division 1 (sponsored by Courage Brewery) was the ninth season of the top tier of the English rugby union league system, the Courage Clubs Championship, currently known as Premiership Rugby. Leicester were the defending champions and Saracens the promoted team.

Bath finished as champions for the sixth time, beating holders Leicester by just one point. Despite a disastrous season with 18 defeats in as many matches, West Hartlepool kept its place in the first division due to the expansion of the league from 10 teams to 12 the following season.

Structure

Each side played one another twice, in a round robin system, home and away, to make a total of eighteen matches for each team. Due to the number of teams increasing from ten to twelve for the following season there was no relegation.

Participating teams

TeamStadiumCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
BathRecreation Ground8,300 (1,000 seats)Bath, Somerset2nd
BristolMemorial Stadium8,500 (1,200 seats)Bristol, Avon6th
GloucesterKingsholm12,000Gloucester, Gloucestershire7th
HarlequinsThe Stoop9,000 (2,000 seats)Twickenham, London8th
LeicesterWelford Road16,000Leicester, LeicestershireChampions
OrrellEdge Hall Road5,300 (300 seats)Orrell, Greater Manchester5th
SaleHeywood Road4,000 (500 seats)Sale, Greater Manchester4th
SaracensBramley Road2,300 (300 seats)Enfield, LondonPromoted from National 2 (1st)
WaspsRepton Avenue3,200 (1,200 seats)Sudbury, London3rd
West HartlepoolBrierton Lane7,000Hartlepool, County Durham9th

Table

1996–97 Heineken Cup 1996–97 Heineken Cup

Results

The Home Team is listed in the left column.

Fixtures & Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

  • Postponed due to spectator falling ill. Game rescheduled to 20 April 1996.

Round 10

Round 11

  • Postponed. Game rescheduled to 10 April 1996.
  • Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 April 1996.
  • Postponed. Game rescheduled to 13 January 1996.
  • Postponed. Game rescheduled to 9 March 1996.
  • Postponed. Game rescheduled to 5 May 1996.

Round 12

Round 11 (rescheduled game)

  • Game rescheduled from 30 December 1995.

Round 13

  • Postponed. Game rescheduled to 20 April 1996.
  • Postponed. Game rescheduled to 24 April 1996.
  • Postponed. Game rescheduled to 20 April 1996.
  • Postponed. Game rescheduled to 23 March 1996.
  • Postponed. Game rescheduled to 23 March 1996.

Round 14

Round 11 (rescheduled game)

  • Game rescheduled from 30 December 1995.

Round 13 (rescheduled games)

  • Game rescheduled from 10 February 1996.
  • Game rescheduled from 10 February 1996.

Round 15

Round 16

Round 11 (rescheduled game)

  • Game rescheduled from 30 December 1995.

Round 17

Round 11 (rescheduled game)

  • Game rescheduled from 30 December 1995.

Rounds 9 & 13 (rescheduled games)

  • Game rescheduled from 10 February 1996.
  • Game rescheduled from 10 February 1996.
  • Game rescheduled from 4 November 1995.

Round 13 (rescheduled game)

  • Game rescheduled from 10 February 1996.

Round 18

  • Bath are champions.

Round 11 (rescheduled game)

  • Game rescheduled from 30 December 1995.

Note

References

References

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  2. (1990). "Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91". Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd.
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  7. (1990). "Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91". Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd.
  8. (15 February 2010). "Saracens aim for bigger Wembley crowds following Premiership defeat of Worcester". The Telegraph.
  9. (1990). "Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91". Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd.
  10. (21 May 2023). "Dallaglio's turned into Nostradamus". The Rugby Paper.
  11. "West Hartlepool". Rugby Journal.
  12. Peter Hall and Colin Gale. "1995 to 1996". Bath Rugby Heritage.
  13. "Fixtures / Results (September 9, 1995 to May 5, 1996)". Rugby Archives.
  14. (31 December 1995). "Unlikely thirteenth". Independent.
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